Album · Released 26 October 1999
No. 4
Down leaves very little doubt about Stone Temple Pilots' intentions on No. 4. The guitar is thick, the rhythm is blunt and Scott Weiland sounds ready to meet both head-on. Yet the album's most persuasive moments often arrive after it stops insisting on its own weight. The opening pair of Down and Heaven & Hot Rods is effective enough. Dean DeLeo has a strong feel for a riff that can carry a chorus, and the band plays with a compact physical…
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